Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09

I lhS W eutuCI AZ DUL WUil5u pl.OSS ~
softly into the house CT dastitution, anC
finds out ell the sorrows Of the place
and puts so quietly the donation on IN,
table, that sll the family come out on thC
front steps as she starts, expecting tha'
from under her SHAWL she Will thrust Gu
two wings and go right up toward heay
en-, from whence she seems to have Comc
down. Oh, Christian young woman, i
you would make yourself hsppy and wiz
the blessings Of Christ, 60 cut among
ire destitute. \ leaf OF bread Or bun
ole Of SOCKS may make hOmcly load tC
carry, but the angels CT God VIII come
out to watch, AMI The Lord Almighty
viii give His messenger hosts charge,
saying: 'Leok after TINT woman. Csn-
opy her with your wings and shelter her
from al HARM" and while you are seated
~ the house Of destitUtiOu and suffering,
the little ones around TIE room will whls-
per: "Who is she: Amt she beautiful"
and i you listen right sharply, you will
hear dripping down through the leaky
roof, a9d rolling over the rotten stairs,
the angel chant that shook Bethlehem
"Gl0ry to God in the highest, and on
earth pesce, coed will 10 men" Can you
tell why Christian woman, going down
among the h2unes of ialqgity on 9 Chris
tian errsDd, never meets VITA any indig-
nitJ | stood in the ch8pe! Of Helen
Chalmers, the daughter Of the celebrated
DR.. Chalmers, il the most abandoned
pe7t Of the city of L iin5urgu and l said
20 Ter SIS ! looked around upon
THE FEARFUL SURROUNDINGS
Of that place "Do you CONF mere nights
10 hold seTvice!" go, yea" she said.
Can il be possible tast you never meet
with az Insult while performing this
Christian crrGnG:n Never" she said,
"rever." That young woman who has
ncr father by her side waikiki down the
street, On armed police ST each corner, is
not 50 well defended as th&. Christian
woman who goes firth on Gospel work
mo the haunts OF iuiqu;ty, carrying the
D.oIes and bre2I. God, with the rcd
right arm Of His wrath omnipotent,
would tear 20 pieces anyone who should
offer indignity. He would smlte him
with lightni4Gs, 0nd drown him with
foods, and swallow him with earth
qQahes, and damn him with eternal indig-
nations. Some one sale 81 dislike very
much TO see ta&t Christian woman teach
ing those bad boys in the mission school.
] an afraid TO have her instruct them -
go" SAID aIotaer msG, 81 an afraid,
to1." Said the frst az am afraid they
wlL use vile language before they leave
the place" "Ah," said the other man,
81 an rot afraid of that What l ara
afraid OF is that If any Of those bows
should use 3 bad word in that presence,
the other boys would tear him TO pieces
and kill him on the spot" Ta6t woman
is the best sheltered VINO l. sheltered by
tie Lord Goa Almighty, and you reed
rsver fear going anywhere where God
te Is you to 20.
Il seems as if tae Lord had ordained
woman for en- ospeciGl work in the soiiC.-
tation OF charities, Backed up by barrels
in which there is 10 -four, End by stoves
N which there is no ire, and BY vsrd-
ropes in which there are no clothes, &
woman is irresistible; passing on her
errand, God seys 20 her: "You go into
tina. OSnk, or store, or shop, and set The
money" She goes IN and gets il. The
man IS 1STd-hs1ed, but
sac GETS IT.
She could not help but get it. It is
dacreed from eternity she should get it.
No need CT your turning your back and
pretending you don't hear; you do hear.
There IN no need of your saying you are
begged TO Geatl. There IS no need CT
your wasting your time you nigh. as
Wen SUBJ It fist as last. You had better
right away take down your check book.
msrk the nUmbGT Of the check, ill up the
blank, sign your name, and hand it ia
10 her. There is no need Of wasting
t;1e. These poor children on the back
~ rra
That sick man must have some farina.
That Consump.iye mus have something
IT, ease his cough meet this delegate
# 3 relief society coming out of the
store Of such g haCd-hsled man. aud
ssy DID you get any money: "Oi
course" she says, 81 got the money;
that's what | went there for. The Lord
told me to 20 in and get 1t, and He never
sends me on fO0l's GRAND"
Again have TO tell you that it is 8
wCman's specific right 10 comfort under
the stress Of dire disaster She il called
the weaker vessel; but al pr0faue as
well as sacred history attests shat when
the crisis comes she is better prepared
taan man to meet the emergency. How
often have you seen a woman who seemed
to be q disciple Of friy0lity and indo-
leLCC, who, under one stroke CT calamity,
changed 70 . heroine. Ga. what 3 great
mistake those business men make who
never tell their business troubles 10 their
wives, There comes some greet loss to
their store, or some of their companions
in business play them sad trick, and
they csrry the burden Ell slone. He is
asked in the household again and again
"WhAt is the natter but he believes il
sort OF christian duty 10 keep all that
trouble within his own soul. On, sir,
Your first duty was TO tell your wife all
shout it. She, perhaps, might not have
disCntangled your finances or extended
your credits, but she would have helped
you
TO BEAR MISFORTUNE.
You have no right to carry on one
shoulder that which is intended for two
There are business men here who know
what | me&n. There came crisis III
your affsirs. You struggled brsvely and
long; but after swhile there came i dsy
when you said: "Here | shall have &c
stop" and you called IL your partners
and you cSlIed III the most prominent
men in your employ, ard you said: awe
have got to stop" You left the store
suddenly. You could hardly mske ~
your mind to pass through the street dnc
over on the ferryboat You felt every
body would be looking st you, snc
blaming you, and dencuncinE you. YoJ
FASTENED home. You told your wife al
about t1e affair. What did she say
Did SIZE play the butterfly? DID she tall
shout the silks. and the ribbons, aul
the fashions? No. She came up to IN,
emergency. She quai.ed not under tn
stroke she helped you to begin to plsl